The voice behind Manti Te'o's fake girlfriend exposed

Jan. 25, 2013
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Notre Dame linebacker Manti Te'o tells Katie Couric that he briefly lied about his online girlfriend after discovering she didn't exist, while maintaining that he had no part in creating the hoax. / Lorenzo Bevilaqua, Disney/ABC

"If [Ronaiah] somehow made that voice, that's incredible, that's an incredible talent to do that," Te'o said. "Especially every single day."

A member of the Tuiasosopo family is adamant the voice is not Ronaiah's.

"There is no doubt whatsoever that it's Tino," the Post's Tuiasosopo family source said.

Te'o has gone on record saying that he had no suspicions of the true nature of his relationship with Kekua until Dec. 6, when the person going by that name called to say she was still alive.

"The biggest lie I'm sorry for is the lie that I told my dad,'' Te'o told Couric. "He asked me, 'Did you see her?' I said, 'No. ... I mean, yes.' As a child, your biggest thing is to get approval of your parents.''